A few months back I decided I wanted to learn how to do handstands. I thought it would be a relatively easy move to perform and could get it after a couple tries.

It ended up taking me some 3 months just to get to the point where I could do it at all but only against a wall so far. Turns out that there's a lot of people attempting this, and that it's this major journey to develop the balance, upper body strength, and even mental power to combat the fear of flipping yourself upside down.

So wondering if any of ya on the forum possesses any kind of special skill or ability that most people lack. What's your super power? (And let's keep this one clean, okay-dokay?)

Ride a unicycle.

I learned how back in high school.

A couple years ago I mentioned it to a coworker.
He did not believe me, so he went onto amazon and bought a unicycle.
He brought that thing into work and said "put up or shut up".
So I then proceeded to ride it around the office - much to the dismay of my boss's boss who only saw the possibility of injury and lawsuits :P

Carry a firearm in a Federal Courthouse.

Read people like a book. F2F is about 85% accurate.


Feels like some kind of survival instinct.

Well... My thumbs are double jointed, so I can make a "L" outta them pointing either direction from the bend, if'n I wanna.

If pressed, and presented with an adequate amount of ice cold milk to accompany it, I can eat an entire package of Little Debbie Nutty Bars. That count?

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If pressed, and presented with an adequate amount of ice cold milk to accompany it, I can eat an entire package of Little Debbie Nutty Bars. That count?

If it's something you're proud of, why the heck not? Great responses so far.

Read a Technical Resume in 3-5 seconds.

As a technical recruiter for last 17 years. I can read a technical resume at a glance and digest if the person is a fit for the role or not.

Show people my third nipple.

Motocross tail whips.

I can read a book in 5 ~ 6 hours.

Turn an onion into perfect dice in about 45 seconds without slicing off any finger parts, thanks to culinary school, like this:

I can:

rebuild an automatic transaxle.

build a clock with displays from Ukraine.

set up a router that only uses the MAC address.

draw a complete blank when someone ask me what I had for lunch yesterday.

I can juggle. Don’t know why, tried to reach kids, fail. Drunk party trick I guess.

I can understand complex machines and concepts pretty easily. Just in general, not the nitty gritty of it, just the executive summary version of it.

It's always came in handy when troubleshooting complex systems I've never seen before. Since I've been an electrician for many years and now more recently oversee mechanical, building monitoring, fire alarm,electrical, and other systems at work my ability to quickly understand how something works helps me a lot.

Along the same lines I'm really good at deductive reasoning, process of elimination, and logic. This also helps with troubleshooting new problems I've never seen.

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Originally posted by pedropcola:
I can juggle. Don’t know why, tried to reach kids, fail. Drunk party trick I guess.

I bought 3 balls from Amazon last year and watched some videos and tried to learn this unique skill - big fail.

I can speak stupid fluently, comes in handy in the legal fields.

at 79 years old I can do 50 consecutive pushups.

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I can speak stupid fluently

Actually, I think this is a rather widespread ability.

Listen to heartbreak and turmoil, feign indifference & calmly walk away without feeling it's my job to 'do something' to somehow solve the issues.

Polished during 7 years as a social worker in my early career days.

I can wiggle/flare my nostrils - but not my ears.

Hit a man sized target at 500 yds with iron sights (rifle- I’m not jerry miculek)

I’ve got a pretty good BS detector (prolly all that policing helped hone that)